groupthink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.

/ˈɡɹuːpθɪŋk/

groupthink groupthinks group-think

Coined by William H. Whyte in 1952, from group + think, modelled on earlier doublethink from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

group-thinking herdthink

echo chamber

groupthinker

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